The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “How Facebook Plans To Take Over The Internet”. Selena Larson says, “Imagine people in developing countries thinking Facebook is the gateway to the Internet. They would log into Facebook to access email, Wikipedia pages, weather information, and food prices. If they wanted additional services like the ability to stream video, they can buy it with a simple click—through Facebook. That’s Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for Internet.org. At the Mobile World Congress on Monday, Zuckerberg delineated some of his plans for moving forward with... [...]
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The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “51% of Facebook Referrals for Publishers Come From Mobile”. Matt Petronzio says, “Facebook announced last October that the social network’s average referral traffic to media sites increased 170% in 2013. Now, we’re seeing mobile play an even larger role for publishers’ overall traffic. More than half of Facebook’s referral traffic to media sites in January 2014 came from mobile, according to a recent report from Shareaholic. Overall, 16.2% of site referrals came from Facebook“. 51% of Facebook Referrals... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Why Facebook bought Whatsapp”. King Yiu Chu says, “A lot of people wondered why Facebook paid so much money for Whatsapp. Whatsapp is 100% social, and you don’t have companies in your phone book. Many companies and online services would love to send you messages in your Whatsapp box while it’s free messaging. But they can’t. What if customers could drop their mobile number at any online site or mobile app via their Facebook login and stay in control over the permission they gave you as a service? Customers can... [...]
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Facebook at MWC: The World Is Shifting Mobile”. Thomas Husson says, “Together with Nokia X announcement this morning and Samsung Galaxy S5 later today, one of the most expected events of Day 1 at Mobile World Congress was Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote. He did not announce anything new and mostly shared his vision of the Internet.org coalition. Facebook wants to connect up to 3 billion people in the next five years. Facebook already has numerous agreements with telecom operators worldwide – especially in emerging countries where... [...]
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Did You Think Facebook Hashtags Did Not Matter? Think Again”. Erin Ryan says, “Many businesses may not see the value in Facebook hashtags, even though there was an outcry for them from general users. Some think that they aren’t useful or may even hurt their posts on their Facebook Pages. The truth is, there is a right and wrong way to create hashtags and depending on how you use them they can either be helpful or hurtful. The wrong way to use a Facebook hashtag is by making up a word. This will definitely be useless... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Reroutes Its Email to Your Inbox”. Chris Taylor says, “Did you know you had a Facebook.com email address? If you’re on the social network, you did from 2010 until now. Facebook decided to mothball the service Monday, citing low user numbers. But what Facebook is doing instead may cause more trouble than the company anticipates. That’s because any Facebook.com email will now be rerouted to the email address you gave Facebook when you signed up. In other words, any one of Facebook’s 1.3 billion active users can... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “verage WhatsApp User Sends More Than 1,200 Messages Each Month”. Matt Petronzio says, “Ever since Facebook announced that it will acquire popular social messaging app WhatsApp, there has been a lot of buzz about its impressive user base. The app, which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said is “on a path to connect 1 billion people,” currently has more than 450 million daily users. The average WhatsApp user sends more than 1,200 messages per month, receives more than 2,200 per month and uploads 40 photos. The following chart,... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal Compares to Other Tech Acquisitions”. Matt Petronzio says, “Facebook announced Wednesday that it will acquire popular messaging app WhatsApp for $16 billion ($19 billion, if you include restricted stock units for the WhatsApp staff). It’s hard to believe that only two years ago, the social network acquired Instagram for a then-shocking $1 billion. How times (and dollars) have changed. The following chart, created by Statista, compares Facebook‘s most recent acquisition with other relatively... [...]
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Why The Facebook-WhatsApp Deal Is Bad For Users”. Selena Larson says, “In Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging application, it’s easy to see who comes out on top. Less clear is who will wind up getting the shaft, though it seems highly likely that WhatsApp’s users are going to come out on the losing end. The deal nets the social network a fast-growing, international user base and some street cred in the burgeoning global-messaging market, where Facebook had long been a marginal... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook to Buy WhatsApp for $16 Billion”. Seth Fiegerman says, “Facebook has entered into an agreement to acquire WhatsApp, the popular messaging app, for $16 billion in cash and stock, according to a filing Wednesday. The deal is by far Facebook’s largest acquisition to date and comes after rumors in late 2012 and early 2013 that Facebook and Google were vying to buy the messaging service. According to the filing, Facebook has agreed to pay $12 billion in stock and $4 billion in cash for the company. Facebook has also agreed... [...]